Projects - Past & Present

 

In the summer of 1974, the Finlandia Club of Thunder Bay received financial assistance from the Secretary of State (Community Services Program) to research local Finnish Canadian immigration history.  A group of researchers established headquarters at the Finlandia Club on Bay Street, and thus evolved the name Bay Street Project.

 

Throughout the summer, the group collected historical/archival material, both written and oral, on local Finnish-Canadian immigrants and produced a preliminary manuscript of findings up to 1914. This project provided the foundation for the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society, which was established in the fall of 1974.

 

• More Information about the Bay Street Projects

 

A History of Finnish Businesses in the Thunder Bay Area is a rich historical resource that links the generations of Finnish immigrants in Northwestern Ontario through detailed genealogical information with the businesses and organizations they created and nurtured.

 

• More Information a History of Finnish Businesses in the Thunder Bay Area

 

This multimedia DVD is to be used in conjuntion with the book, "A History of Finnish Businesses in the Thunder Bay Area" published by the Thunder Bay Finnish-Historical Society.

• More Information Finnish Canadian Culture - An Educational Resource

 

 

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